Science
“I’ve not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Staff
Mr Bernard – Assistant Head teacher
Mrs Adjei – Senior Teacher
Mr Emanuel – Deputy Head of Science
Mr Payne – Science Teacher
Ms Minto – Science Teacher
KS3
At City Academy Birmingham we run a two year key stage 3 programme. This prepares students for the GCSE syllabus by looking at the fundamentals of the topics below.
Year 7 Topics
Biology:
- Living Systems
- Diet and Health
- Genetics and Evolution
Chemistry:
- Particles
- Atoms Elements and Compounds
- Reactions
Physics:
- Forces
- Levers Moments and Pressure
- Electricity
Year 8 Topics
Biology:
- Photosynthesis and Respiration
- Reproduction and growth
- Ecosystems
Chemistry:
- Acids and Alkalis
- Materials and everyday chemistry
- The Earth and atmosphere
Physics:
KS4
At City Academy Birmingham we run two science GCSE courses, both of which are three year courses running from Year 9 to Year 11:
- Combined science – This is the most popular course in which pupils complete the course with two science GCSE’s
- Separate sciences – Pupils complete the course with a separate GCSE in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Separate sciences follow the course outline below in addition to extra Biology, Chemistry and Physics modules.
Year 9 (Required practicals and content)
- Food tests
- Making salts
- Resistance
- Microscopy
- Current-Voltage characteristics
- Electrolysis
- Osmosis
- Enzymes
- Chromatography
- Density
- Force and extension
- Photosynthesis
- Field investigations
- Science Fair Projects
Year 10
- Atomic structure and the periodic table
- Cell biology
- Organisation
- Energy
- Bonding, structure and the properties of matter
- Particle model of matter
- Quantitative chemistry
- Infection and response
- Electricity
- Atomic structure
- Forces
- Bioenergetics
- Chemical changes
- Energy changes
Year 11
- Bioenergetics
- Chemical changes
- Waves
- Homeostasis and response
- Magnetism and electromagnetism
- Energy changes
- The rate and extent of chemical change
- Inheritance, variation and evolution
- Organic chemistry
- Chemical analysis
- Chemistry and the atmosphere
- Using resources
- Ecology
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